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The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
Copyright © 2001-2008 The IEEE and The Open Group

NAME

strstr - find a substring

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

char *strstr(const char *s1, const char *s2);

DESCRIPTION

[CX] [Option Start] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard. [Option End]

The strstr() function shall locate the first occurrence in the string pointed to by s1 of the sequence of bytes (excluding the terminating NUL character) in the string pointed to by s2.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, strstr() shall return a pointer to the located string or a null pointer if the string is not found.

If s2 points to a string with zero length, the function shall return s1.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

strchr

XBD <string.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 3. Included for alignment with the ANSI C standard.

End of informative text.

 

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